Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive graduating in September and assigned

graduating in September and assigned to Rockwell Field

After that Bertram served in the Pilot Training Regiment 43 between March and July of 1939

as there are two copies of his Attestation Paper on file with differing birth dates)

of two prongs intact

The two side fold-down panels are fastened at the front by two pebbled silvery-gray magnetic buttons

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Infantry Assault Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Aurich Auction Archive graduating in September and assigned(Infanterie Sturmabzeichen). Instituted 20 December 1939 by Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch. (Issued 1939 1945). Constructed of silvered fine zinc, obverse depicting an oval shaped oak leaf wreath topped by a German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika with a bow tie at the bottom, Karabiner 98k rifle with bayonet and carrying sling set diagonally across badge, maker marked with AS initial logo of Adolf Schwerdt, Stuttgart,